My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a film about our children and the future we offer them. Helen has decided to leave, and it is John who lacks the inner resources to cope with the impending tragedy. Slowly he is sucked into a tunnel of despair – fighting his conservative nature and the romantic memories of his married life.

John Hargreaves
as John

Wendy Hughes
as Helen

David Cameron
as Tom

Anna Maria Monticelli
as Hilary

Charles Tingwell
as Helen's Father

Betty Lucas
as Helen's Mother

Lucy Angwin
as Lucy

Jon Finlayson
as Bernard

Julia Blake
as Kristin

Ron Falk
as Psychiatrist